Cooper, Daniel J.
Plewes, Katherine
Grigg, Matthew J.
Rajahram, Giri S.
Piera, Kim A.
William, Timothy
Chatfield, Mark D.
Yeo, Tsin Wen
Dondorp, Arjen M.
Anstey, Nicholas M.
Barber, Bridget E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (#113193, #1042072, #1088738, #1138860, #1037304)
Article History
Received: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 19 March 2018
First Online: 24 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study has been reviewed, and approved, by the Malaysian Research Ethics Committee (protocol number NMRR-16-356-29,088) and the Ethics Committee of Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia (reference number 2016-2544). The study is registered underExternalRef removed(NCT03056391). First registered October 12, 2016;ExternalRef removed.
: Consent will be obtained by trained study staff nurses in Bahasa Malaysia or English. Parents or guardians of participants < 18 years old will be asked to provide consent, and assent will be sought from participants between 12 and 17 years old as per Malaysian Research Ethics Committee guidelines. If the patient is illiterate, a thumbprint will be obtained on the consent form in accordance with Malaysian GCP guidelines. Informed consent may be withdrawn at any time and will have no effect on the patient’s clinical management at the study site.
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